(2023-07-15). Insights‰∏®Australian sinologist: China has grown more confident, open and stable. ecns.cn During the exclusive interview with China News Network, Australian sinologist Colin Mackerras highly commended the achievements of the CPC in multiple areas from maintaining national stability to building infrastructure, developing the economy, and promoting the status of women. "ÄÄ…
(2023-07-15). Western media has falsely presented the Donbas' 'Drive For Autonomy' as being instigated by Moscow. mronline.org 
In Reality It Resulted Largely from Kyiv's Destruction of Eastern Ukraine's Economy Under Neo-Liberal Economic Policies Pushed by Washington Since the 1990s.
(2023-07-15). Data vs Reality: What Is Happening With Venezuela's Economy? orinocotribune.com
(2023-07-14). Republicans look to give themselves a pay raise after securing benefit cuts for the poor. nationofchange.org "House Republicans are moving to give themselves a raise while taking an ax to education, health, and other essential programs that help grow the economy by growing the middle class."
(2023-07-14). New Economic Initiatives in Kenya. telesurenglish.net The Kenyan government implements new economic initiatives to update and internationalize its development model. Its economy is the most vigorous in East Africa, and it has been characterized by a long and consolidated diplomatic trajectory and efforts. The African country is a strong ally of the United States, and its foreign policy is directed towards the main and most relevant centers of power. | Related: | According to recent reports on the eco…
(2023-07-14). American poverty is a calamity by design. therealnews.com 
Some 50 million people in the United States live in poverty today—and over 108 million people survive on less than $55,000 a year. Despite having the largest economy on earth, poverty in the US is often grinding and brutal. From millions who live without running water or reliable power, to countless children who experience food insecurity and homelessness. The data on poverty only becomes exacerbated when race is taken into account. In 2019, the median White household had a net worth of $188,200, compared with $24,100 for the median Black household. Matthew Desmond joins The Chris Hedges Report to dis…
(2023-07-14). Arlene Martínez on Corporate Subsidies, Florín Nájera-Uresti on Journalism Preservation. fair.org 
CounterSpin230714.mp3 Good Jobs First ( This week on CounterSpin: Media talk about "the economy" as though it were an abstraction, somehow clinically removed from daily life, instead of being ingrained & entwined in every minute of it. So white supremacy and economic policy are completely different stories for the press, but not for the people. Our guest's recent work names a simple, obvious way development incentives exacerbate racialized inequality: by transferring wealth fro…
(2023-07-14). Building a Flourishing Economy, BRIC by BRIC. infobrics.org Over the past twenty years, there has been a rapid restructuring of global economic power. The BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) have played a big part in this shake-up…
(2023-07-15). La planificación económica en tiempos de cambio climático. globalizacion.ca El libro ´La planificación económica en tiempos de cambio climático ª, escrito por Paul Cockshott, Allin Cotrell y Jan Philipp Dapprich [1], desarrolla las implicancias del cambio climático en la actualidad y plantea por qué la planificación socialista es la única…
(2023-07-15). G20 Finance Ministers Focus on Debt, Development and Dismal Economic Outlook in Gandhinaga. indybay.org On Monday, G20 Finance Ministers hold their third meeting hosted in Gandhinagar by the Indian government.
(2023-07-15). Third World external debt in the light of simple economics. mronline.org 
INDIA and other third world countries can morally justify their being a part of G-20 alongside the imperialist powers, only if they raise common and pressing problems of the third world as a whole at G-20 meetings.
(2023-07-15). China hosts "Summer Sessions" of the World Economic Forum. journal-neo.org
(2023-07-15). China urges EU for multilateralism and free trade. plenglish.com Beijing, Jul 15 (Prensa Latina) China on Saturday called on the European Union (EU) to avoid politicizing economic issues and urged for globalization and the free trade system with an inclusive approach.
(2023-07-14). Progressive Orgs Say Dems Should Fully Fund IRS After GOP Betrayal on Debt Deal. truthout.org More than a dozen economic justice groups on Friday called on the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee to move forward with fully funding the Internal Revenue Service, arguing that Republican actions have nullified a debt ceiling deal struck by the Biden White House and GOP leaders. Under the terms of the handshake agreement, the nation's borrowing limit was suspended for two years in exchange for… |
(2023-07-14). Egypt to Abandon Dollar in Trade with BRICS. infobrics.org Egypt is seeking to shift away from the US dollar in mutual trade with several member states of the BRICS economic bloc…
(2023-07-14). China to push back against NATO aggression in Asia-Pacific. infobrics.org While China avoids using its economic might for geopolitical purposes, it has demonstrated to NATO what it's like when the Asian giant actually does what the belligerent alliance has previously accused it of doing.
(2023-07-14). Venezuela and Sanctions: The Long Game. libya360.wordpress.com Ricardo Vaz Economic coercive measures have Venezuela negotiating in very unfavorable positions with corporations. (Shutterstock/Anton_Medvedev) In the past six years, US foreign policy towards Venezuela can be encapsulated in one word: sanctions. There have been other aspects to it, like the propping up of a self-proclaimed "interim government." But economic coercive measures have been front…
(2023-07-14). The Great Chessboard: China's Economic Rise and the Collapse of America. Mike Whitney. globalresearch.ca
(2023-07-14). CP International Department contribution to NC. cpusa.org 
On the international front, we are seeing monumental events occur on a nearly weekly basis. As Lenin said, "There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen." Looking around the world, it is clear that at this time, decades are happening. | We are seeing the slow collapse of U.S. hegemony and the birth of a multi-polar world, something that we have not seen since the illegal dissolution of the U.S.S.R. 30-plus years ago. The People's Republic of China is showing the world that the neoliberal international order is not the only option. The BRICS economic bloc continues to grow,…
(2023-07-15). An Engineered Food and Poverty Crisis to Secure Continued U.S. Dominance. globalresearch.ca The issue is not food shortage but speculation on food commodities and the manipulation of an inherently flawed global food system that serves the interests of corporate agribusiness traders and suppliers of inputs at the expense of people's needs and genuine food security.
(2023-07-15). The World Needs a New Development Theory That Does Not Trap the Poor in Poverty. dissidentvoice.org 
The Akosombo Dam in the Volta River, inaugurated in 1965 during Kwame Nkrumah's presidency. In June, the United Nations' Sustainable Development Solutions Network published its Sustainable Development Report 2023, which tracks the progress of the 193 member states towards attaining the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). 'From 2015 to 2019', the network wrote, 'the world …
(2023-07-15). World Needs A New Development Theory That Does Not Trap The Poor In Poverty. popularresistance.org In June, the United Nations' Sustainable Development Solutions Network published its Sustainable Development Report 2023, which tracks the progress of the 193 member states towards attaining the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). 'From 2015 to 2019', the network wrote, 'the world made some progress on the SDGs, although this was already vastly insufficient to achieve the goals. Since the outbreak of the pandemic in 2020 and other simultaneous crises, SDG progress has stalled globally'. This development agenda was adopted in 2015, with targets intended to be met by 2030.
(2023-07-14). Colombia to Propose Debt-for-Climate Swap in EU-CELAC Summit. telesurenglish.net On Friday, Colombian President Gustavo Petro confirmed his participation in the 3rd Summit of Heads of State and Government of the European Union (EU) and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), which will take place in Brussels on July 17 and 18. | RELATED: | In this high-level meeting, he will present his main government proposals, such as the achievement of total peace, the use of clean energy, the fight against poverty, and the debt swap for…
(2023-07-14). The world needs a new development theory that does not trap the poor in poverty: The Twenty-Eighth Newsletter (2023). mronline.org 
In June, the United Nations' Sustainable Development Solutions Network published its Sustainable Development Report 2023, which tracks the progress of the 193 member states towards attaining the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
(2023-07-14). PSOE-Podemos government intensifies Spain's housing crisis and pushes thousands into poverty. wsws.org None of the political parties standing for the July 23 general election offer any solution to the mounting social misery, particularly among working-class households and young people.
(2023-07-14). UNDP urges G20 to pause debt payments as global poverty rates surge. plenglish.com United Nations, Jul 14 (Prensa Latina) The UN Development Program (UNDP) on Friday urged the G-20 (the world's most developed economies) to give poor nations debt payment breaks, estimating the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent surge in inflation and borrowing costs had pushed an extra 165 million people into poverty.
(2023-07-15). World Report] New US$1 ∑5 billion fund for primary care. thelancet.com WHO is partnering with development banks to help support efforts to strengthen primary care in low-income and middle-income countries. Udani Samarasekera reports.
(2023-07-15). Correspondence] How to avoid causing polio in the name of its eradication. thelancet.com WHO began immunising children against polio in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) in 1974, through the Expanded Programme on Immunisation, using a trivalent oral poliovirus vaccine (tOPV)—three doses during infancy. In 1984, a dose at birth was added.
(2023-07-15). Biden administration announces new limited student loan forgiveness program for 804,000 borrowers. wsws.org The Biden administration announced it will begin immediately to forgive $39 billion in student loan debt for a group of borrowers who have been paying back their debts for more than two decades and others who qualify for income-driven repayment plans and have been cheated by the government.
(2023-07-14). "We Demand Respect": Actors Join Writers on Strike, Grinding Film & TV Production to a Halt. democracynow.org 
Television and film actors are going on strike after a breakdown in negotiations between the SAG-AFTRA union and Hollywood studios. More than 160,000 members of the union are taking part in the first major actors' strike since 1980. This also marks the first time since 1960 that actors and screenwriters have been on strike at the same time, with members of the Writers Guild of America on the picket lines since early May. Both unions say pay has not kept up in the streaming age, with even hit shows and movies no longer a guarantee of stable income. The major studios are also pushing for adoption of artificia…
(2023-07-14). Harvesting Havoc: How the New Farm Bill Will Change the Food We Eat. thealtworld.com Congress is debating a new Farm Bill that shapes our food and agriculture, rural economies, trade, on-farm energy production and more. | Jennifer Fahy, the Communications Director for Farm Aid, discusses the 2023 Farm Bill and the impact of trade wars, climate change, plunging incomes and more on farmers in the US.
(2023-07-15). Venezuela: Chavista Groups Deliver Writ to Demand Salary Measures. venezuelanalysis.com The legal document relies on the Venezuelan Constitution and labor legislation to argue for wage raises and the conversion of bonuses into salaries.
(2023-07-15). Does fear of US intervention explain Labor's support for AUKUS? greenleft.org.au 
(2023-07-15). Amazon Teamsters' Rolling Pickets Hit Facilities Nationwide. popularresistance.org Brandi Diaz was at a customer's door in Palmdale, California, delivering stuff for Amazon, when the customer asked her, "What's the difference between you and UPS drivers?" | "He said the difference is UPS is union, Amazon is not. He referred to us as 'Jeff's Bozos.' | "I am no longer Bezos' Bozo!" Diaz said over honks and chants from 200 Teamsters from six different locals and some labor allies at a picket line outside an Amazon warehouse in northern New Jersey July 6. | Diaz and her co-workers voted to join Teamsters Local 396 in April. They are Amazon delivery drivers, but they were nominally employed by an Am…
(2023-07-15). West Nile virus: What you need to know. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Female Culex mosquito, courtesy: CDC The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have confirmed reports of West Nile virus in 10 states. The bite of an infected mosquito most commonly spreads the virus. "West Nile virus is the leading cause of mosquito-borne illness in the U.S.," says Dr. Bobbi Pritt, director of the Clinical Parasitology Laboratory at Mayo Clinic. It's a flavivirus —a specific type of RNA virus that can infect humans, birds and horses. "West Nile virus is…
(2023-07-15). Australian government installs new central bank chief to put fresh face on offensive against workers. wsws.org Michele Bullock's appointment signals a reassurance to the financial and corporate elite of Labor's ongoing commitment to their profiteering interests.
(2023-07-15). 16-year-old worker killed in Wisconsin sawmill amid growing erosion of child labor laws. wsws.org Michael Schuls' tragic death at the young age of 16 in a Wisconsin sawmill is the product of the accelerating assault on child labor protections.
(2023-07-14). Pedro Castillo Claims He Was Victim of a Plot. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Pedro Castillo, Peru's former president, during a new virtual appearance from the jail where he is serving an 18-month prison sentence on charges of rebellion after the failed attempt to shut down the parliament, affirmed that he was victim of a plot by the Prosecutor's Office and his country's Congress. | Related: | "I am convinced that the Prosecutor's Office is a real effective collaborator of this Con…
(2023-07-14). 'We Demand Respect!' Hollywood Actors Union Joins Writers With Strike Against Studio Titans. scheerpost.com 
"The eyes of the world and, particularly, the eyes of labor are upon us," said Fran Drescher, president of SAG-AFTRA. "What's happening to us is happening across all fields of labor."
(2023-07-14). Canadian Support for Ukraine Nazi Collaborators after World War II. "Lest we Forget" globalresearch.ca
(2023-07-14). Namibian workers protest 'slave labor' at corporation founded during apartheid. therealnews.com 
Content warning: This story contains references to suicide. | Shoprite Holdings, the largest supermarket retail chain in Africa, is under fire from workers organizing against grueling work conditions. The current surge in organizing follows the suicide of Shoprite worker Fabiola Zondjembo, a Walvis Bay woman who ended her life by drowning after enduring constant abuse at her job. For workers and organizers confronting brutal conditions at the retail giant, the current struggle is also part of Namibia's long history of colonialism and neocolonialism. Shoprite, a South African multinational, has more than 3,…
(2023-07-14). Namibian Workers Protest 'Slave Labor' At Shop Rite. popularresistance.org Shoprite Holdings, the largest supermarket retail chain in Africa, is under fire from workers organizing against grueling work conditions. The current surge in organizing follows the suicide of Shoprite worker Fabiola Zondjembo, a Walvis Bay woman who ended her life by drowning after enduring constant abuse at her job. For workers and organizers confronting brutal conditions at the retail giant, the current struggle is also part of Namibia's long history of colonialism and neocolonialism. Shoprite, a South African multinational, has more than 3,000 stores across the African continent.
(2023-07-15). The Federal Debt Trap: Issues and Possible Solutions. dissidentvoice.org "Rather than collecting taxes from the wealthy," wrote the New York Times Editorial Board in a July 7 opinion piece, "the government is paying the wealthy to borrow their money." Titled "America Is Living on Borrowed Money," the editorial observes that over the next decade, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), annual federal budget …
(2023-07-14). Venezuela's abandoned oil industry. america.cgtn.com 
Once one of the wealthiest oil nations in the world, Venezuela's oil industry is now broken. But the government is initiating efforts to fix it. CGTN correspondent Mary Triny Mena traveled to Zulia state, where Venezuela's oil industry first started, to see how that plan could work.
(2023-07-14). Gold Repatriation Grows Fearing 'Western Sanctions'. orinocotribune.com The phenomenon of gold repatriation is currently growing, particularly among nations of the Global South. The wealth-backed metal that many central banks and sovereign wealth funds keep in vaults offshore, be it in London or in other Western states, is safer at home, amid rising concerns about "sanctions," illegal seizures and security. | This insecurity has grown due to the sanctions and blocking of assets enacted against Russia by the United States and the European Union, following NATO provocation and the subsequent Russian invasion of Ukraine. The Eurasian country had almost half its foreign currency and gold…
(2023-07-15). Russians embrace Chinese cars after Western brands depart. plenglish.com Moscow, Jul 15 (Prensa Latina) As the exodus of Western automakers narrows options for Russian consumers, Chinese automakers are filling the gap, forcing Russians to overcome their reluctance to embrace Chinese brands and accept higher prices.
(2023-07-14). What Hyperinflation? Closely Watched CPI Report Shows Inflation Keeps Dropping. moguldom.com Consumer prices are still rising, but the rate of inflation slowed in June for the 12th straight month to its lowest annual rate increase in more than two years, with a 0.2 percent increase from May 2023 and a 3 percent increase from a year ago — the lowest since March 2021. Despite warnings of …
(2023-07-15). Flywire offers WeChat payment option for Chinese students. ecns.cn Flywire, a third-party payment platform in the United States, announced a partnership with Tencent Financial Technology, a fintech arm of China's tech giant Tencent, on Thursday.
(2023-07-15). Australian construction insolvencies hit record highs. wsws.org In the 2022—23 financial year, 2,170 construction businesses have gone into administration, 69 percent more than in 2021—22.
(2023-07-15). Climate Poison Pills in Congress. dissidentvoice.org Republican lawmakers in the US Congress are unabashedly pro-global warming: "Bring it on! We've got air conditioners in our cars, offices, and homes… no sweat!" Not one Republican in Congress voted for the nation's most inclusive climate bill of all time, the Inflation Reduction Act, not one Republican vote. Meanwhile, here we go again, this …
(2023-07-15). China's CPI to recover from next month, PBOC official says. ecns.cn China's consumer inflation may further decline in July but is likely to gradually recover from August to a level close to 1 percent by the end of the year.
(2023-07-14). Nigeria in State of Emergency Over Food Security. telesurenglish.net Nigerian President Bola Tinubu declared a state of emergency in response to high inflation, which threatens food security in the African country. | RELATED: | According to the president's spokesman, Dele Alake, the decision was taken after meeting with key stakeholders in the agricultural sector at the Presidential Villa in the capital, Abuja. | Alake said the government will put in place several strategies to re…
(2023-07-15). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Effects of hot weather, humidity on blood pressure, heart. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I'm retired and enjoy spending time outdoors in my garden and kayaking with my family. I have high blood pressure, which has been managed by medication for nearly 10 years. Recently I've noticed that I develop a headache, nausea and sometimes dizziness after a few hours in the heat and sun. What is causing these symptoms? ANSWER: Weather can play a role in triggering certain health problems. High temperatures and high humidity are two…
(2023-07-14). Nonprofit Hospitals Reap Big Tax Breaks; States Scrutinize Spending. popularresistance.org
(2023-07-15). Carbon pricing to affect investments, survey claims. ecns.cn The trading of carbon emission allowances in China is expected to increasingly affect investment decisions as the carbon price rises steadily, according to the 2022 China Carbon Pricing Survey report.
(2023-07-15). New pattern drives regional development. ecns.cn Beijing Infrastructure Investment Co Ltd and its subsidiary Beijing Rail Transit Technology Equipment Group Co Ltd have built a new pattern of "Beijing design Baoding manufacturing", further promoting coordinated industrial development in Beijing and Hebei province.
(2023-07-15). China's largest electrochemical energy storage power station put into operation. ecns.cn The total battery installed capacity of this electrochemical energy storage station stood at 800,000 kilowatts, ranking 1st of its kind in China. The total investment of project is 5 billion RMB ($700 million), with a total capacity of 200,000 KW/800,000KWh.
(2023-07-15). Who fuels war and profits from it. indybay.org It is morally indefensible to support the strategy of fighting Russia to the last Ukrainian. Nor is it moral to remain silent when the U.S. pursues strategies and policies that cannot achieve its stated | goals. This senseless pursuit of defeating Russia in the spirit of some kind of 19th century imperial victory is unattainable.
(2023-07-15). Profit-Driven Systems Are Driving Us To Our Doom. orinocotribune.com I just read a disturbing paragraph in "So what doomed the Instant Pot? How could something that was so beloved sputter? Is the arc of kitchen goods long but bends toward obsolescence? Business schools may someday make a case study of one of Instant Pot's vulnerabilities, namely, that it was simply too well made. Once you slapped down your ninety dollars for the Instant Pot Duo 7-in-1, you were set for li…
(2023-07-14). Workers At The Trevor Project Unionize. popularresistance.org A majority of workers at The Trevor Project, a widely-praised nonprofit dedicated to preventing suicide among LGBTQ youth, decided to come together this spring and unionize as Friends of Trevor United. About a month later, they celebrated when management at the nonprofit agreed to voluntarily recognize their union. | The Trevor Project has grown exponentially over the past few years, leading to what one union organizer describes as difficult workloads for crisis counselors dealing with increasing numbers of distress calls. Amy Solar-Greco, an organizer with Communications Workers of America‚Äâ[md…
(2023-07-14). Seattleites rally in solidarity with Jenin and denounce Boeing's war profiteering. samidoun.net 
On Saturday, 8 July over 50 people united in Seattle's Ruby Chow Park to rally in opposition to the Zionist invasion of Jenin and show their support for the Palestinian resistance. Ruby Chow Park is situated directly across from the Boeing Propulsion Engineering Lab, where the company assembles engines that are used in the production …
(2023-07-15). WHO's Worldwide Power Grab: Beware of the New International Health Regulation and Pandemic Treaty, a Health Tyranny Never Heard of Before in Human History. globalresearch.ca
(2023-07-15). China authority says aspartame safe under nation's standard. ecns.cn China's food safety assessment authority said on Friday it is safe to use aspartame, a common artificial sweetener used in many products, based on China's current standards and regulations.
(2023-07-15). Engels: How North West England shaped an internationalist. mronline.org 
Katherine Connelly outlines how the events and context of their times shaped the partnership and ideas of Marx and Engels.
(2023-07-14). La cuestión nacional en la guerra del siglo XXI. globalizacion.ca Desde el colapso de la URSS y la "muerte del socialismo" como proyecto social enfrentado al capitalismo en crisis, el debate en la izquierda está enrarecido por una ideología, el identitarismo sea nacional, de género o racial con una visión…
(2023-07-15). China's high-speed railway is far more outstanding than U.S.: media reports. ecns.cn CNBC on Wednesday presented two sets of data regarding railway construction in a mini-documentary. "The United States ranks below many industrialized nations when it comes to ridership on its passenger rail," CNBC said, while that of China is far more outstanding, according to its figure.
(2023-07-15). Planta química en Louisiana, EE.UU., reporta varias explosiones. telesurtv.net No se reportaron heridos de inmediato y no se detectó ninguna fuga química en la escena en llamas en el complejo industrial cerca de Plaquemine, a unos 32 kilómetros al suroeste de Baton Rouge.
(2023-07-15). Continúan jornadas de solidaridad con MTS en Brasil. telesurtv.net El Movimiento de los Trabajadores Rurales Sin Tierra ofrece gran variedad de ofertas naturales y agroindustrializadas.
(2023-07-14). The Military Dangers of AI Are Not Hallucinations. fpif.org A world in which machines governed by artificial intelligence (AI) systematically replace human beings in most business, industrial, and professional functions is horrifying to imagine. After all, as prominent computer scientists have been warning us, AI-governed systems are
(2023-07-14). US Ruling Class United Against China But Split on How to Counter Empire's Decline, w/ Ben Norton. youtube.com 
Watch the full episode on our Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/full-video-us-on-86099475 The US is escalating a bipartisan Cold War, pumping up the military industrial complex, fueling proxy wars and gutting what's left of the welfare state. But there is a split in the ruling class on how best to guarantee US hegemony. On one side is the far-right …
(2023-07-15). Despite widespread disapproval, Milwaukee common council raises sales tax. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI – After contested town halls, the Milwaukee Common Council has voted in favor of increasing the city's sales tax by 2%. The vote was 12-3. As mandated by Wisconsin Act 12 (the Shared Revenue Bill), the revenue generated by this 2% sales tax increase can only be used to pay for the city's pension obligations to the fire and police departments. | The entire situation around this 2% sales tax increase was marred by fear-mongering tactics. City officials tried to hide their betrayal of working people in Milwaukee behind threats of city bankruptcy. In the town hall hosted the night before the vote, elec…
(2023-07-15). Biden's Unconstitutional "Bankruptcy Abuse" Act Makes Peons of Student Debtors. truthout.org The Supreme Court recently blocked the Biden administration's plan to cancel $430 billion in student loan debt. The decision disappointed 43 million borrowers owing $1.6 trillion in student debt. Regardless, the failure of the Biden plan misdirects us from the root problem: It's not that student loan borrowers need debt relief; it's that they merit a debt discharge. Every honest… |
(2023-07-15). Customize Mouse Pads with Logos or Patterns at Eata Gift. indybay.org Eata Gift announced the availability of mouse pad customization for its business and bulk-purchase customers.
(2023-07-14). People's Town Hall demands: 'Rent control NOW!'. workers.org 
Atlanta Tenants and housing activists packed the Neighborhood Church in East Atlanta July 8 for a People's Town Hall to launch a statewide effort to overturn a Georgia law that forbids any rent control measures from being enacted in any jurisdiction. Credit: Housing Justice League, Facebook People traveled from around . . . |
(2023-07-15). Guatemala, la desfachatez de un sistema nefasto. globalizacion.ca Las elecciones del pasado 25 de junio en Guatemala ratificaron la imagen de un país institucionalmente en 'jaque mate', prisionero de un sistema político-institucional profundamente corrupto y de un modelo económico neoliberal extractivista depredador, que han obligado a millones de…
(2023-07-15). Sandinistas Speak: Nicaraguans Defend Their Revolution. popularresistance.org Friday, June 30, WTF returned to Managua, Nicaragua to do follow-up study of Caribbean Coast government funded infrastructure projects and to celebrate the 44th Anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution on July 19. While on assignment, each week we will share with you segments of the documentary Nicaragua Against Empire. The film journals our March 2021 Sanctions Kill / Friends of the ATC, Nicaragua delegation. | In this episode, you hear directly from working-class Nicaraguans who support their socialist government. You also hear their thoughts about U.S. sanctions and regime change. These are perspectives rarely…
(2023-07-15). Oppose JVP trade union thuggery against SEP's fight to mobilise Sri Lankan workers against IMF austerity. wsws.org The JVP unions are desperately trying to prevent the working class discussing the Socialist Equality Party's call for independent action committees and its socialist and internationalist program.
(2023-07-14). Venezuelan President Maduro Gets Massive Support in La Guaira. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, thousands of citizens took to the streets of La Guaira to support Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and reject the U.S. sanctions against their nation. | RELATED: | "The Bolivarian Revolution will continue to resist and fight in the face of adversity," the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) vice president Diosdado Cabello, said from the Maiquetia. | "We are not going to surrender to Imperi…
(2023-07-15). Insights | Malaysian student: China has developed by leaps and bounds under the leadership of the CPC. ecns.cn The year 2023 marks the 102nd anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC). Malaysian student Toh Wei Yuan is quite impressed with how China has developed and progressed by leaps and bounds over the years under the leadership of the CPC. During an interview with ECNS, she shared her observation.
(2023-07-15). China to avoid bloc confrontation in Asia-Pacific region. plenglish.com The head of the Chinese Communist Party's Foreign Affairs Commission and member of its Political Bureau, Wang Yi, made this appeal during the Foreign Ministers' Meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which is taking place in Indonesia. | According to the Xinhua news agency, the senior diplomat urged the other members to adhere to openness and inclusiveness, in addition to promoting common security. In this regard, he opposed the so-called Asia-Pacific version of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) that incites confrontation in the region. | The Treaty of Friendship and Cooperatio…
(2023-07-14). Ukraine: Communist Kononovich brothers appeal for help. workers.org 
The following statement of July 5, 2023, from Mikhail and Aleksander Kononovich updates a report published earlier in Workers World about the Kiev regime's persecution of leftists. (workers.org/2022/04/63662/) We Kononovich brothers, Ukrainian communists and anti-fascists, appeal to the World Federation of Democratic Youth, communists, all leftists and anti-fascists of Europe . . . |
(2023-07-14). From ICC to 'Sportswashing': West's Self Serving Narratives Must Be Combated. scheerpost.com 
By Ramzy Baroud / CounterPunch In March, the South Africa Communist Party (SACP) denounced what it described as the 'imperialist bias' of the International Criminal Court (ICC). The denunciation of the ICC as a "supranational institution at the service of imperialist states" came two days after the Hague-based court issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin and …
(2023-07-14). Interview: Freeing Georges Abdallah requires collective action. samidoun.net On Tuesday, 11 July, the Lebanese TV channel Al Mayadeen conducted an interview with a member of the Collectif Palestine Vaincra (a member organization of the Samidoun NetworK) about the mobilization for the release of Georges Abdallah. Tom Martin, speaking for CPV, emphasized the significant growth of the campaign in support of the Lebanese Arab communist struggler …
(2023-07-14). Cuba celebrates UPEC ¥s 60th foundation anniversary. plenglish.com Havana, Jul 14 (Prensa Latina) The Association of Journalists of Cuba (UPEC) held on Friday a commemorative ceremony for its 60th foundation anniversary, an activity that will be attended by the National Assembly of People's Power (ANPP) President Esteban Lazo, Secretary of Organization of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) Roberto Morales, Deputy Prime Minister Inés María Chapman, as well as other high-ranking officials and leaders.